New ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ Images Are Here to Brighten Your Day

We can all probably agree that the current news cycle is relentlessly…depressing — so how about we take a break from all of that with new photos from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2? Marvel has debuted five images from James Gunn’s upcoming sequel, featuring a few of your favorite a-holes along with their new pal, Mantis, played by Pom Klementieff.

USA Today revealed the images — a couple of them are stills taken from scenes featured in the first trailer, but the others are definitely new, like the image of Mantis with Drax:

But there are also two new, key characters we haven’t really seen much of just yet: Kurt Russell as Ego, the Living Planet (aka Star-Lord’s dad) and Elizabeth Debicki as the villainous Ayesha. It seems likely that Marvel will debut a new trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 during the Super Bowl this Sunday, February 5 — maybe we’ll get a proper peek at Russell and Debicki’s characters then?